Mark Stewart wrote:
>
> Hi Robert,
>
> I have tried getting my Umax Astra600S--which, I think, is a close variant
> of the 1220S--working with an Adaptec 2906 for a month or so (on and off)
> without any success despite a fair bit of help from the list. The last bit
> of advice that I was given, but haven't been able to try yet, was to
> actually use the ISA SCSI card that came with the scanner. Apparently there
> are some people who got it to work. Alas no names were given. It took me a
> while to even identify the card since Umax didn't provide *any* information
> about it. It's a DTC 3181E, I think, though my notes are at home right now.
>
> I found this via Google:
> http://www.mostang.com/mail-archive/sane-devel/1999-06/0174.html
>
> I've installed the card on my system (running Mandrake 7.1) but haven't been
> able to find any practical information as to how to setup the address
> parameters that need to be passed to the driver. Many HOWTOs talk about the
> need to set them "appropriate to your system" but I haven't found any docs
> that explain how to go about determining this. Since SANE still seems to
> require a lot of tweaking it might be useful for the list at large for
> someone who knows how to do this to offer a mini HOWTO on this topic.
>
> Also: It seems odd to me that the Umax docs for the Astra say to install the
> AIC7800 drivers under Windows for the ISA card they ship with the scanner,
> that the Adaptec 2906 card uses the aic78xxx driver under Linux, but that
> the driver recommended for the ISA card under Linux is the g_NCR5380.
>
> I hope we can get this figured out.
>
> ::mark
>
Hi Mark, et.al.
Much of my frustration has been relieved. My new
scanner/Adaptec-card/SANE/X Scanimage work beautifully. In root. Which
files do I chmod or chown to permit myself as user to access my
scanner?
This is just the sort of problem that bites a Win95 refugee in the ass.
All my other graphics applications work as advertised. That is to say
if I point and click K-> Graphics-> Cameleo, DVI Viewer, Fax Viewer,
Fractals Generator, Gimp, Icon Editor, Image Viewer, KIllustrator,
Paint, PS Viewer, SnapShot, TGif, Xfig, or xv, these applications boot
up and I can use them.
Not X Scanimage. It works only if I log in as root and pointy/clicky.
It does not work if I su to root and use the command xscanimage in a
terminal.
I think I am close to an answer, but like Tantalus, the grapes are
always just out of reach, and the water just below my lips.
Unsatisfying.
Bob Eaton
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